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Can't Get Enough of Bullies getting Served
Rating: 10/10
I absolutely loved Brave Citizen! One of my favorite tropes is watching bullies finally get a taste of their own medicine, and this movie adds a masked-superhero vibe that makes it even better.
Shin Hye-sun is fantastic as So Si-min, a former martial arts champion who is now a contract teacher. She tries to keep her head down and protect her job, but when she witnesses the cruelty of Han Su-gang, a student who believes he's untouchable, she eventually decides that enough is enough.
What could be better than a badass woman fighting for her students' justice? The action was one of my favorite parts, and I loved seeing Si-min use a mask to conceal her identity while taking on someone who has terrorized everyone around him. The cat mask was beyond cool!
Lee Jun-young also deserves credit for playing a bully you genuinely want to see get what's coming to him. The movie's approach to school bullying makes the action more satisfying because you're rooting for Si-min to protect the victims and finally hold Su-gang accountable.
I especially liked that the students helped Si-min and recognized what she was doing for them. I also appreciated her father's involvement, even if he seemed to take a pretty severe beating himself!
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I loved that Si-min eventually reached the point where she was willing to risk her job to stop Su-gang. I would have happily watched even more fight scenes, and I really wish we'd gotten a little more time with the students afterward. I wanted to see the school environment improve and Go Jin-hyeong doing better after everything he'd endured.
Honestly, this could easily have been a 16-episode series. There was so much potential to explore Si-min's double life, show the long-term impact of her actions, and have her continue helping people who are being bullied or abused by those who think they're untouchable.
I also briefly imagined an ending where the mask came off and revealed a student Si-min had trained to become the next vigilante. Or even just had their day to fight back against their monster. That would have been an incredibly cool twist! Not that I minded it was her - that was cool too.
I appreciated the bully never indicated remorse. His type of personality is hard wired. He is a sadistic psychopath through and through.
The ending left me hoping there might be another movie, and if Si-min is going to continue putting bullies in their place, I'm absolutely here for it.
This is a 10/10 for me. I loved the action, the premise, the masked vigilante angle, and the satisfaction of watching a bully finally face someone who isn't afraid of him. I would happily watch it again and strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys action, martial arts, revenge against bullies, or Shin Hye-sun.
More So Si-min, please!
I absolutely loved Brave Citizen! One of my favorite tropes is watching bullies finally get a taste of their own medicine, and this movie adds a masked-superhero vibe that makes it even better.
Shin Hye-sun is fantastic as So Si-min, a former martial arts champion who is now a contract teacher. She tries to keep her head down and protect her job, but when she witnesses the cruelty of Han Su-gang, a student who believes he's untouchable, she eventually decides that enough is enough.
What could be better than a badass woman fighting for her students' justice? The action was one of my favorite parts, and I loved seeing Si-min use a mask to conceal her identity while taking on someone who has terrorized everyone around him. The cat mask was beyond cool!
Lee Jun-young also deserves credit for playing a bully you genuinely want to see get what's coming to him. The movie's approach to school bullying makes the action more satisfying because you're rooting for Si-min to protect the victims and finally hold Su-gang accountable.
I especially liked that the students helped Si-min and recognized what she was doing for them. I also appreciated her father's involvement, even if he seemed to take a pretty severe beating himself!
Spoilers
I loved that Si-min eventually reached the point where she was willing to risk her job to stop Su-gang. I would have happily watched even more fight scenes, and I really wish we'd gotten a little more time with the students afterward. I wanted to see the school environment improve and Go Jin-hyeong doing better after everything he'd endured.
Honestly, this could easily have been a 16-episode series. There was so much potential to explore Si-min's double life, show the long-term impact of her actions, and have her continue helping people who are being bullied or abused by those who think they're untouchable.
I also briefly imagined an ending where the mask came off and revealed a student Si-min had trained to become the next vigilante. Or even just had their day to fight back against their monster. That would have been an incredibly cool twist! Not that I minded it was her - that was cool too.
I appreciated the bully never indicated remorse. His type of personality is hard wired. He is a sadistic psychopath through and through.
The ending left me hoping there might be another movie, and if Si-min is going to continue putting bullies in their place, I'm absolutely here for it.
This is a 10/10 for me. I loved the action, the premise, the masked vigilante angle, and the satisfaction of watching a bully finally face someone who isn't afraid of him. I would happily watch it again and strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys action, martial arts, revenge against bullies, or Shin Hye-sun.
More So Si-min, please!
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